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The Girl and the Legend

1957 · 90 min

A gentle, old-fashioned historical drama that mixes hardship with dreams of adventure, asking patience but rewarding with warmth.

Directed by
Josef von Báky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz, Erich Ponto
Overview
London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a scoundrel who blames his father for losing his position at the Court ...

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Directed by
Josef von Báky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz, Erich Ponto
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • family
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Josef von Báky
Written by
Emil Burri, Johannes Mario Simmel
Starring
Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz, Erich Ponto, Magda Schneider, Mathias Wieman, Rudolf Vogel, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Günther Lüders
Music
Georg Haentzschel
Cinematography
Günther Anders
Runtime
90 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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